Stopper for bottles for aerated waters or other liquids under pressure.



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F. ILLES. STOPPER POE BOTTLES EO'R-ABRATED WATERS OR OTHER LIQUIDS UNDER PRES$URE.

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Patented fiecember 15, 1903.

FRANCIS ILLns, OF BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES FOR AERATED WATERS OR OTHER LIQUIDS UNDER PRESSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,841, dated December 15, 1903.

Application filed October 23, 1901. Serial lilo. 79,738. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ILLES, asubject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at 12 Kossuth-Lajos utcza, IV, in the city of Budapest, Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles for Aerated Waters or other Liquids Under Pressure, of which the following is a clear, true, and exact specification.

This invention is designed to take the place.

of the costly siphon-tops at present in use for bottles containing aerated liquids or other liquids under pressure; and it consists of an extremely cheap and hygienic stopper which can be opened merely by the pressure of the finger or thumb.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, which can be fixed either in the neck of the bottle itself or in a top adjusted in the neck, applied in various ways.

Figures 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 show the invention fixed in the neck of the bottle itself, and Fig. 4 shows it fixed in an independent stopper-shaped head.

Fig. 1 shows a bottle provided with the present stopper, the bottle-neck and the device being shown in section on line .2 a of Fig. 9. Fig. 2 shows a horizontal section on line a; at of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line y y of the modification shown in Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of a further modification. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of yet another modification. Fig. 6 is a side view of the modification shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a side view ofthe a detail view of the clasp or band. Fig. 9 is a side View of Fig. 1.

Theinvention consists of a rubber ballvalve 5, which closes the outlet-pipe a at its inner end. This valve is formed on the end of arubber sheath c,which is drawn onto the horizontal arm d of an angle or bell-crank lever d h, which arm passes through a lateral opening a in the bottleneck, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, or of the bottle-stopper g, Fig. 4, of porcelain, glass, or other similar substance. The arm d is rigidly screwedi-nto the arm h and forms, with thesame, a. bell-crank lever. This lever is either provided with a springtongue 2" between itsinner surface and the Fig. 8 is bottle-neck, or the arm (1 may be bent round, as shown at '11 in Figs. 3 and 5, to form the spring, and ahandle, such as indicated at 11?, may be attached to the said spring, so as to form a convenient means of handling the closure, as will be readily understood. When the device is mounted in the stopper, "Fig. 4, the spring 11 is mounted between the arm 77. and the stopper. The object of the spring is to hold the valve closed. The opening 8 is at the same time hermetically sealed by a rubber washer j, which is also mounted on the arm d, Fig. l, or by a flange or collar k on the rubber sheath 0, which surrounds the arm (1 and is pressed up externally against the opening e by a clasp or band 1, Fig. 3, encircling the bottle-neckf or the stopper g.

The clasp Z may be secured in any desired way-for instance, one end may be formed with a tongue m and the other with an eye it, Figs. 5, 7, and 8, by means of a screw or bolt 0,Figs. l and 2, or a set-screw 30, Fig. 4.,

The outlet at is either fitted direct into the bottle-neck f, as in Fig. 3, or into a suitablyshaped and, if desired, ornamental top g, Figs. 1, 5,6, and 9, of porcelain, glass, or similar material. In the latter case the externally-grooved stopper is pressed into or screwed into the internally grooved or threaded bottle-neclcf, Figs. 1 and 3, an'intermediate ring or rubber q being inserted.

By pressing the handle-shaped arm h of the p cranked leverd h against the bottle-neck for against thestopper g the valve 19 is opened.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In a bottleclosure, the combination of an outletpassage in the bottle-neck, a bellcrank lever having one of its arms extending into the bottle-neck at a point in proximity to the outlet-passage of the same, a valve supported on said arm and adapted to close the said outlet, a pii'otal support on the bottleneck for the said bell-crank lever, so located that the free end of the outer arm of the latter is a short distance from the bottle-neck when the valve is closed, means for hermetically closing the outlet for the bell-crank lever in thebottle-neck and means for normally holding the bell'crank lever in a position to keep the said valve closed substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-closure the combination of a bell-crank lever having one arm extending into the bottle-neck in proximity to the outlet-channel of the same and provided with a valve of yielding material, an opening in the said bottle-neck having an air-tight closure in which the said bell-cranklever is pivotally supported, an outer arm to the said bellcrank lever extending upwardly in proximity to the bottle-neck and being of a resilient material, a handle attached to the said outer arm, the said resilient part of the outer arm lying against the bottle-neck and normally holding the valve closed substantially as described.

3. In a bottle-closure thecombination of a bell-crank lever having its horizontal arm extending through an opening in the bottleneck and carrying thereon a valve of yielding material adapted to close up against the outlet-opening to the bottle, a band around the bottle-neck to support said bell-crank lever pivotally in the orifice of the said bottle-neck and to tightly close the said opening, the outer arm of said bell-crank lever extending upwardly outside the neck in proximity to the same, and a spring located between the neck and arm to normally hold the said valve closed and means for tightening the said bandaround the bottle-neck in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS ILLES. Witnesses:

JULIUS RIEIR, RAYMOND Units. 

